2021 Fast Food Plastic Survey

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Company

Number Stores &

Countries

Pledges

Single Use Plastics Eliminated

Plastics Still Used in US
(Not Recyclable or Made from Recycled Plastic in US)

None found

None Found

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Wendy's

6,828 Restaurants in 31 Countries

UK Launch in 2021

2026 Goals:

Canada: moving from plastic salad bags to paper & from plastic stir sticks to birch wood stir
sticks.

Cups (PP5, Paper/PE)
Lids (PET1, PP5, PS6)
Straws
Clamshells (PET1)
Trays (PP5)
Cutlery (PS6)
Carry Bags (HDPE2)

Burger King (RBI)

18,838 Restaurants in 100+ Countries

RBI Committed to providing all guest packaging from renewable, recycled, or certified sources by 2025
Burger King currently requires suppliers to source approved fiber-based packaging from certified or recycled sources, globally.

India: Legal ban

Cups (PP5, Paper/PE)
Lids (PP5, PS6)
Straws
Clamshells (PET1)
Cutlery (PS6)
Carry Bags (HDPE2)

McDonalds

38,000+ Restaurants in 101 Countries

By 2025, 100% of guest packaging will come from renewable, recycled or certified sources.
By 2025, recycle guest packaging in 100% of McDonald’s restaurants.

Cups (PP5, Paper/PE)
Lids (PP5, PS6)
Straws
Spoon (PP5)

Popeyes (RBI)

3,400 Restaurants in 25+ Countries

RBI Committed to providing all guest packaging from renewable, recycled, or certified sources by 2025
2021: Popeyes is working towards requiring suppliers to source approved fiber-based packaging from certified or recycled sources, globally.

None Found

Cups (EPS Foam, PP5, Paper/PE)
Lids (PS6)
Straws
Cutlery (PS6)
Carry Bags (HDPE2)

Chic-fil A

2600+ Restaurants in US & Canada

Through material development and market testing, Chick-fil-A is thoughtfully searching for sustainable design solutions that are recyclable, compostable or contain recycled content – starting with new bowls.

None Found

Cups (EPS Foam, Paper/PE)
Lids (PP5, PS6)
Straws
Clamshells (PET1)
Cutlery (PS6)
Carry Bags (HDPE2)

Subway

41,000 Restaurants in 103 Countries

No Plastics Straws (Canada)

Cups (PP5, Paper/PE)
Lids (PS6)
Bowls & Lids ( PP5)
Straws
Cutlery (PS6)
Carry Bags (HDPE2)
Salad Bowl & Lid: Currently the salad bowl and lid are made from 25% recycled PET plastic bottles and can be recycled where facilities exist.

Starbucks

32,000+ Restaurants in 80 Countries

By end of 2020, eliminate single-use plastic straws globally. Goal revised to end of 2021.
Commitment to shift to more reusable packaging as well as more fully recyclable and compostable packaging.

Cups (PP5, Paper/PE)
Lids (PP5)
Trays (PP5)
Straws

Taco Bell
(Yum Brands)

7,427 Restaurants in 31 Countries

Taco Bell claims that their PP5 cups and lids are recyclable.
By 2025, in Taco Bell restaurants across the globe, the we aim to make all consumer-facing packaging recyclable, compostable or reusable. PFAS, Phthalates and BPA will be removed from all consumer-facing packaging materials.